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as_o he_o list_v but_o to_o keep_v the_o commandment_n and_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v even_o 14_o constrain_v he_o and_o will_v cause_v that_o his_o commandment_n shall_v not_o be_v 3_o grievous_a but_o delight_v some_o to_o he_o but_o do_v these_o objecter_n think_v thus_o and_o do_v they_o infer_v this_o in_o earnest_n do_v they_o think_v that_o themselves_o be_v or_o be_v at_o any_o time_n in_o state_n of_o grace_n if_o yea_o i_o hope_v they_o will_v not_o say_v they_o be_v or_o be_v make_v more_o dissolute_a and_o more_o sinful_a by_o it_o if_o no_o than_o it_o be_v no_o marvel_n that_o they_o make_v these_o inference_n for_o it_o have_v ever_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o such_o as_o be_v without_o grace_n and_o not_o indeed_o in_o state_n of_o grace_n to_o wrest_v and_o pervert_v the_o doctrine_n of_o grace_n make_v they_o to_o be_v unto_o they_o licence_n and_o 21._o occasion_n of_o wantonness_n and_o licentiousness_n as_o thus_o if_o where_o sin_n abound_v grace_v abound_v much_o 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and_o be_v upright_o you_o may_v just_o fear_v as_o much_o yet_o you_o must_v not_o desperate_o conclude_v that_o you_o shall_v fall_v away_o from_o your_o profession_n but_o be_v you_o quicken_v and_o stir_v up_o by_o this_o fear_n to_o abandon_v hypocrisy_n and_o to_o serve_v the_o lord_n in_o sinceritis_fw-la and_o hereby_o make_v your_o call_n and_o election_n sure_a that_o you_o may_v not_o fall_v and_o then_o you_o have_v god_n word_n for_o it_o that_o 5._o you_o shall_v not_o fall_v many_o think_v that_o they_o be_v hypocrite_n which_o yet_o be_v sincere_a wherefore_o try_v whether_o you_o be_v a_o hypocrite_n or_o upright_a by_o the_o sign_n of_o uprightness_n before_o deliver_v chapter_n 12._o sect._n 1_o only_o for_o the_o
to_o be_v at_o his_o own_o dispose_n not_o at_o we_o it_o shall_v be_v your_o care_n only_o to_o be_v present_a at_o god_n ordinance_n and_o when_o you_o read_v or_o hear_v the_o word_n or_o will_n of_o god_n to_o endeavour_n to_o believe_v and_o obey_v it_o as_o when_o he_o say_v thou_o shall_v love_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n with_o all_o thy_o heart_n thou_o shall_v believe_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n and_o trust_v in_o his_o name_n thou_o shall_v obey_v the_o voice_n of_o the_o lord_n thy_o god_n and_o serve_v he_o and_o such_o like_a attend_v to_o the_o word_n heedful_o and_o because_o this_o word_n be_v infallible_o true_a and_o excellent_o good_a bring_v your_o thought_n and_o heart_n to_o believe_v and_o to_o approve_v it_o and_o say_v within_o yourselves_o these_o be_v true_a these_o be_v good_a this_o i_o ought_v to_o do_v this_o i_o will_v believe_v and_o do_v lord_n help_v i_o and_o i_o will_v do_v it_o 5_o o_o that_o my_o way_n be_v direct_v to_o 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